An essay on the effects of carbonate, and other preparations of iron, upon cancer : with an inquiry into the nature of that and other diseases to which it bears a relation / by Richard Carmichael.

  • Carmichael, Richard, 1779-1849
Date:
1809
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Credit: An essay on the effects of carbonate, and other preparations of iron, upon cancer : with an inquiry into the nature of that and other diseases to which it bears a relation / by Richard Carmichael. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    parasitical mnature.—I therefore felt myself justified in making trial of a Medicine in itself harmless, the effects of which more than an« swered my expectations. On the 10th of May, I directed my Patient to take twelve grains of the Carbonate of Iron in pills, every sixth hour, which preparation ‘was prefered, as the stomach would be enabled “to bear a greater quantity of the metal in this than in any other state—She was also desired to make use of a lotion, composed of equal parts of Acetate of Iron and Water. May 12, an’ alteration in the Ulcer was ap- ‘parent 5 it was no longer painful, had ceased to spread, and the ichorous discharge was changed for healthy Pus,—She was directed to continue her Medicine as before. May 14.—The Ulcer continued to mend, occasionally discharging substances about the size of the smallest pea—the dose of the Carbo- nate of Iron was increased about a scruple every sixth hour. | May 18.—The inequalities on the surface of the Ulcer were almost filled up; the dose of her Medicine was increased to half a dram, to be taken at the same periods, in the form of an elec- tuary,—and the same lotion was continued,